Pia Mater Definition

mātər, mätər
noun
The vascular membrane immediately enveloping the brain and spinal cord and surrounded by the arachnoid and dura mater.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pia Mater

Noun

Singular:
pia mater
Plural:
pia-maters

Origin of Pia Mater

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin pia māter Latin pia tender Latin māter mother (translation of Arabic ’umm raqīqa) (’umm mother) (raqīqa tender)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ME < ML (lit., gentle mother < fem. of L pius, tender, pious + mater, mother): used as transl. of Ar al ʾumm al raqīqa

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Pia Mater Sentence Examples

  • These membranes are called the meninges, the outermost membrane is called the dura mater, then the arachnoid and then the pia mater.

  • I will buy nine sparrows for a penny, and his pia mater is not worth the ninth part of a sparrow.

  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage-A collection of blood in the subarachnoid space, the space between the arachnoid and pia mater membranes that surround the brain.

  • The middle layer is the arachnoid mater, and the layer closest to the brain tissue is the pia mater.

  • Meninges-The three-layer membranous covering of the brain and spinal cord, composed of the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater.

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Words Starting With

PPIPIA

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RERTER

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